Judy’s memory is patchy, her speech is slurred.
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Patchy
/ˈpæt͡ʃi/
Synonyms for "patchy" (254 found)
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Closest matches (51)
adulteratedamalgamatedambiguousambivalentamphibiousarrestedbespangledblemishedblendedblotchedblotchybrokenbroken offcallowcapriciouscareeningcatchychopped-offchoppycombined
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Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (76)
episodicequivocalerraticerroneousfailingfalliblefaultyfifty-fiftyfitfulflea bittenflea-bittenfleckedfleckeredflickeringfluctuatingfound wantingfrayedfrazzledfreckedfreckled
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frecklyfull of holesgutteringhalf-and-halfhaltingherky-jerkyheterocliteheterogeneousholeyhypoplasticimmatureimmethodicalimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin ragsin short supplyin shredsin tattersinaccurateinadequateincoherentincompleteinconstantindiscriminateinexactinfantintermittentintermittinginterruptedintricateironicirregularjaggedjerkyjumbledlackinglurchingmacularmaculatemaculatedmakeshiftmany sidedmany-sidedmediocremedley
Noun(1 words)
forest fragmentation
Adjective(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (127)
Noun(12 words)
metapopulation networkmottlingpiecemeal approachpiecemeal planpiecemeal reform policypintoschoolyard patchsplotchingsprinklingvariegatingwetland fragmentationwetland patch
mingledmiscellaneousmissingmixedmotleymottledmultifacetedmultinationalmultiracialneedingnoncontinuousnonlinearnonsequentialnonserialnonuniformnot perfectoffparentheticparentheticalpart
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partialpepperedpluralisticpockedpockmarkedpockypointillepointillisticpolka dotpolka-dotpromiscuouspunctatedraggedraggedyramblingrattyroughscantscantyscrambledscrappyscruffyseedyshabbyshoddyshortshysketchysnatchyspangledspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspeckedspeckledspeckledyspecklysplotchedsplotchysporadicspottedspottysprinkledstaggeringstippledstuddedsuspendedsyncretictackytatteredtattythrown togethertornuncertainunconnectedunderdevelopedundevelopedunequalunevenunfinishedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunperfectedunregularunrhythmicalunsettledunsoundunsteadyunsuccessiveunsystematicunthoroughvariablevariedveeringwanderingwantingwaveringwobblingwobbly
Adjective(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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7 entriespatched jacketpatched jeanspatched upholsterypatchwork quiltpatchy coveragepatchy datapatchy records
Collocations
6 entriespatchy attendancepatchy coveragepatchy datapatchy evidencepatchy memorypatchy weather
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Patchy outbreaks of rain are expected in northern parts this morning.
Source: tatoeba (9479980)
Patchy outbreaks of rain will soon fizzle out in the west, leaving the rest of the day bright and sunny.
Source: tatoeba (9479981)
I rang home on my mobile as soon as the patchy coverage along the route let me.
Source: tatoeba (12256322)
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